Anne Baxter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 7, 1923
- Died
- December 12, 1985 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Biography
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress best known for her work in Hollywood films, Broadway, and television during the mid‑20th century. Born on May 7, 1923, in Michigan City, Indiana, she was the granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and began acting on Broadway at the age of 13, earning strong reviews that helped launch her career. She moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s and signed a long‑term contract with 20th Century Fox, going on to appear in notable films such as The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Razor’s Edge (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956). For her supporting role as Sophie MacDonald in The Razor’s Edge, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Golden Globe, and she later earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress as Eve Harrington in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s classic All About Eve (1950). Throughout her career she worked with major directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, and Cecil B. DeMille, while also appearing regularly on stage and in television productions, including series such as East of Eden and Hotel. Anne Baxter died on December 12, 1985, in New York City at the age of 62, leaving behind a legacy as a gifted dramatic actress with a strong presence in both classic cinema and television.
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Filmography
Footsteps on the Ceiling
Movie · as Eve Harrington (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
The Masks of Death
Movie · as Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Movie · as Narrator
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Movie · as Self
Blake: The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
Movie
Hotel
TV · as Victoria Cabot · 76 eps
East of Eden
TV · as Faye · 3 eps
Jane Austen in Manhattan
Movie · as Lilliana Zorska
Hagen
TV · 1 ep
Nero Wolfe
Movie · as Mrs. Rachael Bruner
Little Mo
Movie · as Jessamyn Connolly
The Love Boat
TV · as Priscilla Crawford, Helen Williams · 2 eps
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
TV · as Edwina D'Orsey · 4 eps
Lisa, Bright and Dark
Movie · as Margaret Schilling
Lapin 360
Movie · as Mrs. Barnes
The Catcher
Movie · as Kate
Banacek
TV · as Leslie Lyle · 1 ep
Fools' Parade
Movie · as Cleo
If Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Miss Cramer
The Late Liz
Movie · as Liz Addams Hatch
Cannon
TV · 2 eps
Columbo
TV · as Nora Chandler · 1 ep
Ritual of Evil
Movie · as Jolene Wiley
The Challengers
Movie · as Stephanie York
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
Movie · as Myra Sherwood
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Myra Sherwood · 2 eps
Companions in Nightmare
Movie · as Carlotta Mauridge
The Name of the Game
TV · as Magda Blain, Betty-Jean Currier, Magda Blaine, Louise Harris · 1 ep
The Busy Body
Movie · as Margo Foster Kane
Stranger on the Run
Movie · as Valverda Johnson
Sette donne per una strage
Movie
Mannix
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Alice Flynn · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV · 1 ep
The Tall Women
Movie · as Mary Ann
Batman
TV · as Zelda, Olga · 2 eps
The Family Jewels
Movie · as Anne Baxter
The F.B.I.
TV · as Katherine Daly · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Mona Morrison · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Hannah Kendall · 1 ep
The Loner
TV · 1 ep
Marilyn
Movie · as archive footage
Walk on the Wild Side
Movie · as Teresina Vidarverri
Mix Me a Person
Movie · as Dr. Anne Dyson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Janice Brandt · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Nora Willis · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cimarron
Movie · as Dixie Lee
Checkmate
TV · as Beatrice Martin Kipp · 1 ep
My Three Sons
TV · as Eileen Talbot · 1 ep
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Movie · as Olive
Riverboat
TV · as Ellie Jenkins · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Louise · 1 ep
Chase a Crooked Shadow
Movie · as Kimberley Prescott
Armored Attack!
Movie · as Marina Pavlov
The Ten Commandments
Movie · as Nefretiri
The Come On
Movie · as Rita
Three Violent People
Movie · as Lorna Hunter Saunders
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Laura Fletcher · 1 ep
Playhouse 90
TV · as Pat Bass · 1 ep
Bedevilled
Movie · as Monica Johnson
One Desire
Movie · as Tacey Cromwell
The Spoilers
Movie · as Cherry Malotte
Carnival Story
Movie · as Willi
I Confess
Movie · as Ruth Grandfort
The Blue Gardenia
Movie · as Norah Larkin
General Electric Theater
TV · as Maj. Edith Johansen, Stella Rutledge, Ella Harley · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
O. Henry's Full House
Movie · as Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie · as Cal
My Wife's Best Friend
Movie · as Virginia Mason
Follow the Sun
Movie · as Valerie Hogan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Margaret Schilling · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 2 eps
All About Eve
Movie · as Eve Harrington
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Movie · as Kit Dodge Jr.
You're My Everything
Movie · as Hannah Adams
Yellow Sky
Movie · as Constance Mae 'Mike'
Homecoming
Movie · as Mrs. Penny Johnson
The Luck of the Irish
Movie · as Nora
The Walls of Jericho
Movie · as Julia Norman
Mother Wore Tights
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Blaze of Noon
Movie · as Lucille Stewart
Angel on My Shoulder
Movie · as Barbara Foster
The Razor's Edge
Movie · as Sophie MacDonald
Smoky
Movie · as Julie Richards
A Royal Scandal
Movie · as Anna Jaschikoff
Guest in the House
Movie · as Evelyn Heath
The Fighting Sullivans
Movie · as Katherine Mary Sullivan
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
Movie · as Tessa Osborne
The Eve of St. Mark
Movie · as Janet Feller
The Purple Heart
Movie · as Anne (voice) (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Five Graves to Cairo
Movie · as Mouche
The North Star
Movie · as Marina Pavlov
Crash Dive
Movie · as Jean Hewlett
The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie · as Lucy Morgan
The Pied Piper
Movie · as Nicole Rougeron
Charley's Aunt
Movie · as Amy Spettigue
Swamp Water
Movie · as Julie Keefer
The Great Profile
Movie · as Mary Maxwell
20 Mule Team
Movie · as Jean Johnson